About Me

My name is Katie Burnett. I am a fourth year Cognitive Science Ph.D. Candidate at Stony Brook University working with Dr. Lauren Richmond in the Cognitive Aging and Memory Lab. Broadly, my research interests include cognitive aging and everyday memory. More specifically, I am interested in how people remember in real world contexts and strategies that people, especially older adults, can use to overcome everyday memory challenges. Some of my current research investigates how cognitive offloading, the use external memory aids to reduce cognitive demand, impacts older adult performance on memory-based tasks.

Education

Stony Brook University , Stony Brook, NY

Ph.D. in Cognitive Science | Anticipated 2021
M.A. in Psychology | Summer 2021

University of Mary Washington , Fredericsburg, VA

B.S. in Psychology | Spring 2019